Surname:
Gair
Given names:
E.
Given address:
Athol Place
Notes:
Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Elizabeth Etherington Rhind was born on July 31st 1841 in Banffshire, Scotland – the daughter of John Rhind, a mason, & Elizabeth Sangster.
She married Alexander Gair, a widower with one daughter & a railway platelayer, on June 9th 1863 in Banffshire.
They came to New Zealand in the early 1880’s & settled in Dunedin – when Elizabeth signed the suffrage petition they were living in Athol Place.
She died at her home on May 26th 1904 & Alexander died in 1913, they are buried in the family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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